Yet another glorious day, but unfortunately a very short walk as I had to be in Weymouth mid-afternoon.
Not that many highlights on the briefest of walks, with just a solitary Blackcap and 2 Swallows.
The one solitary Ivy plant I pass on this particular walk had 2 Ivy Bees on it; a female and the slightly smaller male.
There were fewer Red Admirals today. Maybe they have moved onto other Buddleias, as the flowers of those in the lane and meadow are beginning to die off now.
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Ichneumon Wasps Recorded:
2 Ichneumon sp
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
cranefly sp.
The second naff photo from today. The best I can come up with, is that this might possibly be the miridae - Notostira elongata. It doesn't have a common name but in Norway it is called a tofaset græstæge. Which translated into English is a "Two-phase grass stalk" Hmm I might have to pass on that!!
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Short-winged Cone-head (Conocephalus dorsalis)
Slugs and Snails Recorded:
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
Ted:
The Speckled Wood butterflies now outnumber the Red Admirals. And I also came across two pristine looking Painted Lady's. Just a shame I couldn't get a decent photo of them.
Birds Recorded:
Common Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
2 Swallows
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Blackcap
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Birds Recorded:
Common Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
2 Swallows
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Blackcap
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
10+ Speckled Wood
5 Red Admiral
2 Painted Lady
Large White
Small White
10+ Speckled Wood
5 Red Admiral
2 Painted Lady
It was a good day for Speckled Woods with........
..........a good 10 or more seen along the lane and pathways.
And a naff photo of one of the two pristine looking Painted Lady's I came across.
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
On the one and only Ivy along my walk was this female Ivy Bee and then.......
..........the smaller male.
2 Ichneumon sp
Ichneumon sp
A presumed Ichneumon sp
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
hoverfly sp.
A very small hoverfly, which.......
..........unfortunately I cannot ID.
cranefly sp.
A cranefly sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Possibly the miridae - Notostira elongata
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Short-winged Cone-head (Conocephalus dorsalis)
A Short-winged Cone-head in the meadow.
Slugs and Snails Recorded:
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
Garden Snail
It wasn't a good day with the camera, and the best I could do with Ted, was this over the shoulder look.